أَيُّوبَ 5

١ 1 «اُدْعُ ٱلْآنَ. فَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مُجِيبٍ؟ وَإِلَى أَيِّ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ تَلْتَفِتُ؟

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

٢ 2 لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْظَ يَقْتُلُ ٱلْغَبِيَّ، وَٱلْغَيْرَةَ تُمِيتُ ٱلْأَحْمَقَ.

For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

٣ 3 إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ ٱلْغَبِيَّ يَتَأَصَّلُ وَبَغْتَةً لَعَنْتُ مَرْبِضَهُ.

I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

٤ 4 بَنُوهُ بَعِيدُونَ عَنِ ٱلْأَمْنِ، وَقَدْ تَحَطَّمُوا فِي ٱلْبَابِ وَلَا مُنْقِذَ.

His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.

٥ 5 ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُ ٱلْجَوْعَانُ حَصِيدَهُمْ، وَيَأْخُذُهُ حَتَّى مِنَ ٱلشَّوْكِ، وَيَشْتَفُّ ٱلظَّمْآنُ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

٦ 6 إِنَّ ٱلْبَلِيَّةَ لَا تَخْرُجُ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَٱلشَّقَاوَةَ لَا تَنْبُتُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ،

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

٧ 7 وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ مَوْلُودٌ لِلْمَشَقَّةِ كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْجَوَارِحَ لِٱرْتِفَاعِ ٱلْجَنَاحِ.

But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

٨ 8 «لَكِنْ كُنْتُ أَطْلُبُ إِلَى ٱللهِ، وَعَلَى ٱللهِ أَجْعَلُ أَمْرِي.

But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;

٩ 9 ٱلْفَاعِلِ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُفْحَصُ وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُعَدُّ.

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

١٠ 10 ٱلْمُنْزِلِ مَطَرًا عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَٱلْمُرْسِلِ ٱلْمِيَاهَ عَلَى ٱلْبَرَارِيِّ.

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;

١١ 11 ٱلْجَاعِلِ ٱلْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ فِي ٱلْعُلَى، فَيَرْتَفِعُ ٱلْمَحْزُونُونَ إِلَى أَمْنٍ.

So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

١٢ 12 ٱلْمُبْطِلِ أَفْكَارَ ٱلْمُحْتَالِينَ، فَلَا تُجْرِي أَيْدِيهِمْ قَصْدًا.

He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.

١٣ 13 ٱلْآخِذِ ٱلْحُكَمَاءَ بِحِيلَتِهِمْ، فَتَتَهَوَّرُ مَشُورَةُ ٱلْمَاكِرِينَ.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

١٤ 14 فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ يَصْدِمُونَ ظَلَامًا، وَيَتَلَمَّسُونَ فِي ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ كَمَا فِي ٱللَّيْلِ.

They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

١٥ 15 ٱلْمُنَجِّيَ ٱلْبَائِسَ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ، مِنْ فَمِهِمْ وَمِنْ يَدِ ٱلْقَوِيِّ.

But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

١٦ 16 فَيَكُونُ لِلذَّلِيلِ رَجَاءٌ وَتَسُدُّ ٱلْخَطِيَّةُ فَاهَا.

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

١٧ 17 «هُوَذَا طُوبَى لِرَجُلٍ يُؤَدِّبُهُ ٱللهُ. فَلَا تَرْفُضْ تَأْدِيبَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ.

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ يَجْرَحُ وَيَعْصِبُ. يَسْحَقُ وَيَدَاهُ تَشْفِيَانِ.

For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

١٩ 19 فِي سِتِّ شَدَائِدَ يُنَجِّيكَ، وَفِي سَبْعٍ لَا يَمَسُّكَ سُوءٌ.

He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

٢٠ 20 فِي ٱلْجُوعِ يَفْدِيكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَفِي ٱلْحَرْبِ مِنْ حَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ.

In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

٢١ 21 مِنْ سَوْطِ ٱللِّسَانِ تُخْتَبَأُ، فَلَا تَخَافُ مِنَ ٱلْخَرَابِ إِذَا جَاءَ.

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

٢٢ 22 تَضْحَكُ عَلَى ٱلْخَرَابِ وَٱلْمَحْلِ، وَلَا تَخْشَى وُحُوشَ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

٢٣ 23 لِأَنَّهُ مَعَ حِجَارَةِ ٱلْحَقْلِ عَهْدُكَ، وَوُحُوشُ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ تُسَالِمُكَ.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

٢٤ 24 فَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ خَيْمَتَكَ آمِنَةٌ، وَتَتَعَهَّدُ مَرْبِضَكَ وَلَا تَفْقِدُ شَيْئًا.

And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.

٢٥ 25 وَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ زَرْعَكَ كَثِيرٌ وَذُرِّيَّتَكَ كَعُشْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

٢٦ 26 تَدْخُلُ ٱلْمَدْفَنَ فِي شَيْخُوخَةٍ، كَرَفْعِ ٱلْكُدْسِ فِي أَوَانِهِ.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

٢٧ 27 هَا إِنَّ ذَا قَدْ بَحَثْنَا عَنْهُ. كَذَا هُوَ. فَٱسْمَعْهُ وَٱعْلَمْ أَنْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ».

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.